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Topic: A couple of prospects rankings (Read 5307 times)

Attributes about Tyler Biggs are hard to find. For one, he's a power-forward and those stats don't always show a positive attribute on a spreadsheet. Another positive attribute with Tyler Biggs is his dad, Don Biggs, who was a career minor leaguer. The guy is a very active hockey person and has been mentoring his son from squirt level. I would suspect he's helped not only in his son's skill level, but character as well. TYLER BIGGS: "Right now my favorite Leaf is Dion Phaneuf. I love the way he plays."

So these guys that rank prospects, they must be good enough at it that one of the 120 NHL, AHL or CHL teams would pay them to scout, right?

No?

Ok, that's about all I need to know.

So I guess this means their opinion is pointless.

Furthermore, couldn't you essentially say the same thing about a guy like Darren Dreger or Bob McKenzie? If they are such great hockey analysts why aren't they working for a NHL team? Or for a comparison closer to the one you made, why isn't Kyle Woodlief of the Red Line Report a NHL scout?

I could, and would. Dreger and McKenzie are not paid to be player evaluators, they are paid to report sports news. If one of them says a trade is about to be made, I can take that to the bank, because being on the inside of front office stuff is what they do best. As far as evaluation.... well, they make pre-season picks every year, how often are they right, or even close?

These types of amateur player and team rankings are merely conversation starters for the dog days of summer. To be honest, I'd be far more interested in hearing what you had to say about specific players you've gone and seen play, than hearing debates about what one random amateur "ranked" them at vs. another.

With Dreger and McKenzie, it's not their player evaluations and opinions that are valued, it's the fact that they are probably well connected to scouts and CHL coaches and are privy to inside info.

My very unofficial rankings based on how I see their chances of securing a full-time job with the big club in the shortest period, along with draft position and future chance of securing a full-time position. Level of impact they will make is virtually impossible to know or rank at this point. I have left of anyone expected to have starting job pretty much guaranteed, like Reimer and Aulie.